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Riband Wave

Idaea aversata

15,556Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May90
Jun3,791
Jul7,617
Aug3,066
Sep271
Oct24
Nov12
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England2,532
2Oxfordshire England1,896
3Worcestershire England553
4Argyll and Bute Scotland314
5Sefton England257
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland251
7Suffolk England243
8Bracknell Forest England231
9Norfolk England191
10Highland Scotland187
11Cambridgeshire England169
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland155
13Surrey England154
14Essex England131
15Kent England129
13,496 England769 Scotland199 Wales1,046 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,556
Peak month
July
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Idaea aversata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,532
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Idaea
Name with authority
Idaea aversata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q137324 · GBIF 5146559